Course Title: Prepare and produce complex legal documents
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2011
Course Code: JUST5176C
Course Title: Prepare and produce complex legal documents
School: 650T TAFE Business
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6106 - Advanced Diploma of Legal Practice
Course Contact : Doug Gourlay
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5944
Course Contact Email:doug.gourlay@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 80
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to use either a range of advanced functions within at least one software package or to integrate functions from at least two software packages, to produce complex legal documents.
All aspects of legal practice may be subject to a range of legislation, rules, regulations and/or codes of practice relevant to different job roles and jurisdictions.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
BSBLEG401A Prepare and produce complex legal documents |
Element: |
Develop precedents and macros for document design |
Performance Criteria: |
1. Develop and use precedents and macros to ensure consistency of design and layout |
Element: |
Establish document design and structure |
Performance Criteria: |
1. Identify requirements of the task |
Element: |
Organise self or others to print documents |
Performance Criteria: |
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Element: |
Organise self or others to produce documents |
Performance Criteria: |
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Element: |
Save file and exit system |
Performance Criteria: |
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Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Learning activities will include class based exercises, demonstrations and observations in order to develop competency including the underpinning skills and knowledge. Formative feedback is provided to the students throughout the duration of the course.
Some learning activities will include a self-directed learning approach. Self-directed learning refers to organised teacher-directed learning acitivities that you will undertake independently, either as individuals or with other students. This may include a workplace research, library assignments, field work and work placements.
This unit contains employability skills.
Teaching Schedule
Week Beginning | Content & Element of Competency | Requirements |
Week 1 - 4 July | Introduction; Blackboard; Competency & Employability Skills; OHS | Powerpoint |
Week 2 - 11 July | Codes of Practice; Formatting legal documents; Business letters | Text & Internet |
Week 3 - 18 July | Assessment 1 & Establish document design and structure; Style guides | Text & Internet |
Week 4 - 25 July | All elements of competency: Topic 2 Working with templates | Text |
Week 5 - 1 Aug | All elements of competency: Topic 3 Automating templates | Text |
Week 6 - 8 Aug | All elements of competency: Portfolio document 1 & Topic 4 Extending your table skills | Text & Printing Credits |
Week 7 - 15 Aug | All elements of competency: Topic 5 Creating newsletter layouts | Text |
Week 8 - 22 Aug | All elements of competency: Topic 6 Working with long documents | Text |
Mid semester break 29 Aug - 2 Sept | ||
Week 9 - 5 Sept | All elements of competency: Topic 7 Complex mail merge | Text |
Week 10 - 12 Sept | All elements of competency: Topic 7 Complex mail merge | Text |
Week 11 - 19 Sept | All elements of competency: Portfolio document 2 | Text & Printing Credits |
Week 12 - 26 Sept | All elements of competency: Topic 8 Automating repetitive tasks | Text |
Week 13 - 3 Oct | All elements of competency: Portfolio document 3 | Text & Printing Credits |
Week 14 - 10 Oct | All elements of competency: Topic 9 Designing Forms | Text |
Week 15 - 17 Oct | All elements of competency: Portfolio document 4 | Text & Printing Credits |
Week 16 - 24 Oct | Assessment Journal Employability Skills | |
Week 17 - 31 Oct | Feedback |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
The Tilde Group, Be Competent in Complex Legal Documents Microsoft Word 2010, Tilde Publishing |
9780734607867 |
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of the requirements in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks, for example:
• assessment of examples of legal documents drafted by the candidate
• review of evaluated and amended templates and macros
• review of printed documents
• oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of accepted codes of practice relevant to the workplace
• review of design and structure of documents
• evaluation of filed and stored discs/data.knowledge of software applications
Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.
Assessment Tasks
Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of competency to be deemed competent.
Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievements of each element of competency in a flexible manner. Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.
Assessment 1= 10 marks will be an online questionnaire to be completed in class to assess knowledge of relevant legislation, rules, regulations, codes of practice and policies and procedures relevant to the workplace.
Portfolio documents = 20 marks each: Students will also complete a portfolio of evidence which focuses on the practical component of developing and using a range of advanced functions within MS Word 2010. Each portfolio document is to be completed individually in class as indicated on the Training Schedule and is open book. Students are not permitted to share books when completing each portfolio document. Element of competency Check Accuracy from the competency Develop keyboarding speed and accuracy is co-assessed within these portfolio documents.
Note: Students must apply for special consideration if they miss any of the assessments. Refer to Student Diary for Special Consideration procedure. Students who have been granted special consideration will be able to sit their assessment by arrangement with the class teacher during the scheduled class time in week 16 or 17.
Employability Skills Reflective Journal = 10 marks: Co-assessed with OFFC5196C Develop keyboarding speed and accuracy. Students will complete a reflective journal recording their development of employability skills whilst completing both courses. Due: COB Week 16. Submit to the Assignment Box on Level 13 with a completed Assignment Cover Sheet.
If this assessment is submitted late it will attract a DNS/NYC grade. Refer to Student Diary for Special Consideration/Extension of Time procedure. If an Extension of Time is granted note that the grade given will be either NYC/CA. No numerical grade will be recorded.
Assessment Matrix
Prepare and produce complex legal documents | Ass 1 | Portfolio 1 | Portfolio 2 | Portfolio 3 | Portfolio 4 |
Element of competency | |||||
Establish document design and structure | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Develop precedents and macros for document design | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Organise self or others to produce documents | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Organise self or others to print documents | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Save file and exit system | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Develop keyboarding speed and accuracy | |||||
Check accuracy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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